HIV Care Navigator (8129)

Terros Health is pleased to share an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a Full-Time Care Navigator working at our Mitchell location, in Phoenix, AZ.

Every day we strive to bring together the LGBTQIA+ communities in Phoenix and our team is a reflection of the community we are serving. We are a respite site during the sweltering summer offering anyone bottled water. Our daily programs include a hot meal, life skills classes, clothing closet, and other incentive programs for homeless guests. Along with great benefits, continuous training and a welcoming environment, we offer the opportunity for you to grow in your career with Terros Health.

Terros Health is a healthcare organization of caring people, guided by our core values of integrity, compassion and empowerment. For more than four decades, the heart of everything we do is inspiring change for life. We help people manage addiction and mental illness, provide primary medical care, restore families, support our veterans, and connect individuals to the care they need.

Language Differential Pay Available!

Terros Health is hiring a Full-Time Care Navigator for our Mitchell location in Phoenix, AZ.

High School Diploma or GED in Combination With One (1) Year of Behavioral Health Experience.

Location: 40 E Mitchell Dr # 100, Phoenix, AZ 85012

Schedule: Full-time

Monday- Friday

8:00am- 5:00pm

Full Benefits, Including 401K and Generous PTO/PST (4+ weeks)

Position Summary: The Care Navigator will work to provide support and community engagement for the Turning the Tide II (T3-II) program. T3-II is a program catered towards individuals in the community who live with a substance use disorder (SUD) and/ or a COD (Co-Occurring Disorder) or are living with or at risk of acquiring HIV. The Care Navigator assists the Program Supervisor to meet the deliverables of the project's intervention to improve health outcomes of individuals throughout Maricopa County, as described contractually with the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and all other entities with which Terros Health has contracted.This position reports to the Program Supervisor.

Essential Duties Include:

• Educate, coach, and empower clients/patients living with HIV or at risk of HIV to obtain and maintain medical stability.
• Accompany clients/patients to routine primary care appointments and to other health care and social services encounters, as warranted.
• Deliver HIV health promotion curriculum and track clients/patients progress through the curriculum.
• Administer CLIA-waived rapid HIV and Hepatitis C screenings in addition to screenings for sexually transmitted infections (STI) through venipuncture blood draws and/or urine collection methods.
• Meet regularly, in person with clients/patients on time per individual track level.
• Coordinate logistical support, appointment reminders, transportation and other mechanisms for support to overcome barriers.
• Collaborate with the patient, care coordinator and primary care provider to develop and follow up on the integration of identified services through the intake assessment and service plan.
• Provide a high degree of collaboration and communication so that clients/patients are connected to integrated health services programs.

Benefits & Wellness:

• Multiple medical plans - including a no premium plan for employees and their families

• Multiple dental plans - including orthodontia

• Financial well-being- 401(k) with a company match, interest free medical line of credit, financial education, planning, and support

• 4 Weeks of paid time off in the first year

• Wellness program

• Pet Insurance

• Group life and disability insurance

• Employee Assistance Program for the Whole Family

• Personal and family mental and physical health access

• Professional growth & development - including scholarships, clinical supervision, and CEUs

• Tuition discounts with GCU and The University of Phoenix

• Working Advantage- Employee perks and discounts

• Gym memberships

• Car rentals

• Flights, hotels, movies and more

• Bilingual pay differential